--- title: Software Solutions Blog | Aviture | Arthur Doler description: Arthur (or Art, take your pick) has been a software engineer for 19 years and has worked on things as exciting as analysis software for casinos and things as boring as banking websites. He is an advocate for talking openly about mental health and psychology in the technical world, and he spends a lot of time thinking about how we program and why we program, and about the tools, structures, cultures, and mental processes that help and hinder us from our ultimate goal of writing amazing things. 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[![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png) ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health) August 04, 2021 ## [ Understanding Mental Health & Workplaces of Psychological Safety ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health) [ Technology ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/technology#lists)  |  [ software development ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/software-development#lists)  |  [ thought leadership ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/thought-leadership#lists) Welcome to Create Impact, a new series from Aviture focused on the topics that inspire our engineers to innovate. In each article, an Aviture team member will take you on a deep-dive into a subject they’re passionate about, showing you the thinking behind cutting-edge engineering advances, the latest UX trends, development theories, and other unique topics that enable Aviturians to embrace the Art of the Possible for our clients. [ Read this post ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health) Share ** - ** Close - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health) - [** ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Understanding+Mental+Health+%26+Workplaces+of+Psychological+Safety&url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health&via=) - [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health&title=Understanding+Mental+Health+%26+Workplaces+of+Psychological+Safety&summary=Global+speaker+and+Aviturian+Art+Doler+reframes+the+mental+health+conversation+among+engineers+and+discusses+how+to+ensure+a+psychologically+safe+workplace) - [** ](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health&media=https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/2620494/Blog%20Header%20-%20Art%20Doler.png&description=Global+speaker+and+Aviturian+Art+Doler+reframes+the+mental+health+conversation+among+engineers+and+discusses+how+to+ensure+a+psychologically+safe+workplace) - [** ](mailto:?body=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/understanding-mental-health) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png) ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2) October 03, 2017 ## [ How to Host a CodeFest/Hackathon: Part 2 ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2) [ Clean Coder ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/clean-coder#lists)  |  [ Culture ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/culture#lists)  |  [ Events ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/events#lists) Previous Posts in this Series How to Host a CodeFest/Hackathon, Part 1: Why Have a Hackathon? Answering Questions in Advance So last time I hopefully convinced you that you should at least consider having an internal company hackathon, or as we call it here at Aviture, a Codefest. But before we really get started, you have to flesh out enough of the details that you can get yourself excited, and so you can actually communicate the idea to everyone else! And believe me, they’re going to have a lot of questions. Here’s a couple big questions to ask yourself that should help you get the structure of the event settled: [ Read this post ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2) Share ** - ** Close - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2) - [** ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+to+Host+a+CodeFest%2FHackathon%3A+Part+2&url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2&via=) - [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2&title=How+to+Host+a+CodeFest%2FHackathon%3A+Part+2&summary=Here%E2%80%99s+a+couple+big+questions+to+ask+yourself+that+should+help+you+get+everyone+invilved+in+your+company+hackathon.) - [** ](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2&media=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2620494/Collaboration%20Shots/Aviture-26.jpg&description=Here%E2%80%99s+a+couple+big+questions+to+ask+yourself+that+should+help+you+get+everyone+invilved+in+your+company+hackathon.) - [** ](mailto:?body=https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon-part-2) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png) ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon) May 19, 2017 ## [ How to Host a CodeFest/Hackathon: Part 1 ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/how-to-host-a-codefest/hackathon) [ Clean Coder ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/clean-coder#lists)  |  [ Culture ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/culture#lists)  |  [ Events ](https://insights.aviture.us.com/blog/topic/events#lists) Agitating for Innovation A little over a year ago, I sat down with Mark Griffis and Jerry Koske (Aviture’s President and CTO, respectively) to make my case that Aviture should have an internal hackathon. I had a Powerpoint presentation all ready to go, a head full of ideas about how awesome it was going to be, and some pretty high hopes for the end results. I came out of the meeting feeling luckier than ever. Mark and Jerry are just as nuts about innovation and exploration of ideas as I am, and I got the go-ahead to put the event together. 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